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2006-04-25 Arabia

Pakistan takes command patrolling Straits of Hormuz

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Posted by Steve White 2006-04-25 00:31|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The Pakistan Navy has assigned a destroyer, PNS Babur, to the task force."

I suddenly have an image of an elephant, wearing a crown, in a balloon, assisting the task force.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-04-25 10:08|| 2006-04-25 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Babur is the name of an Afghan king who invaded and looted parts of India.

Posted by john 2006-04-25 17:56|| 2006-04-25 17:56|| Front Page Top

#3 More specifically, he was the founder of the Mogul Empire in India.

Babur was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane.

He defeated the Sultan of Delhi in the battle of Panipat in 1525 and took the title of Badshah-e-Hind (Emperor of India)

Posted by john 2006-04-25 18:22|| 2006-04-25 18:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Being an Afghan invader who killed many hindus as sport, he is particularly loved by Pakistanis.

Posted by john 2006-04-25 18:23|| 2006-04-25 18:23|| Front Page Top

#5 BTW, the eldest direct male descendent of the last Mogul Emperor worked as a cook in someone's kitchen in Delhi until another descendent of Badur Shah took pity on him and took him to the UAE.

His mother, a Mogul Begum, was last heard about in the Indian newspapers, begging Sonia Gandhi to increase her small pension.

Posted by john 2006-04-25 18:27|| 2006-04-25 18:27|| Front Page Top

#6 To stop terrorism and piracy, or to help terrorism and piracy?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-04-25 18:46|| 2006-04-25 18:46|| Front Page Top

#7 "..and search vessels suspected of smuggling arms or material used for making nuclear weapons."

When I read this, Pakistan wasn't the first country to come to mind.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-04-25 18:50|| 2006-04-25 18:50|| Front Page Top

#8 : BTW, the eldest direct male descendent of the last Mogul Emperor worked as a cook in someone's kitchen in Delhi until another descendent of Badur Shah took pity on him and took him to the UAE.
See? Be of good cheer, things work out in time.

Posted by 6 2006-04-25 18:58|| 2006-04-25 18:58|| Front Page Top

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